fosc
Catalan
adj
Definitions
- dark having an absolute or relative lack of light
- (of a color) dark dull or deeper in hue, not bright or light
- dark conducive to hopelessness, depressing or bleak
Etymology
Inherited from Old Occitan fosc inherited from Latin fuscus (dark, dusky, dim, black).
Origin
Latin
fuscus
Gloss
dark, dusky, dim, black
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
黒
Emoji
🌑 🕶️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- indifuscin English
- fusciceps Latin
- fuscicollis Latin
- fuscicornis Latin
- fuscicostus Latin
- fuscipennis Latin
- fuscitarsis Latin
- fuscus Latin
- suffuscus Latin
- foscamente Italian
- fosco Italian
- hoscamente Spanish, Castilian
- hosco Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- fosco Portuguese
- fusco Portuguese
- foscor Catalan, Valencian
- enfoscar Galician
- fosco Galician
- fusco Galician
- fosco Old Portuguese
- fosc Occitan
- fosc Old Occitan
- fosc Dalmatian
- fosch Ladin